Tinubu Approves 27 Road Projects Worth N3.9tn Across 15 States

President Bola Tinubu has approved 27 road infrastructure projects valued at more than N3.9 trillion across 15 states as part of the Federal Government’s ongoing investment in transportation and economic development.

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed the approvals on Monday while briefing journalists after the Federal Executive Council meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

According to Umahi, the projects will be executed across Adamawa, Benue, Cross River, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Taraba and Yobe states.

Among the largest approvals is the re-award of the 409-kilometre dual carriageway project in Niger State under the tax credit scheme to businessman Aliko Dangote at a cost of N1.8 trillion.

The council also approved N276 billion for the dualisation of the Ilorin-Ogbomoso Road and N265 billion for the reconstruction of the Iseyin-Eruwa-Agbesi Road linking Oyo and Kwara states.

Other major projects include N217 billion for the dualisation of the old alignment from Ijaye through the Federal Government College to Ilorin Road, with a spur to Akinmorin, and N116 billion for the 21-kilometre Abakaliki-Afikpo Road in Ebonyi State.

Additional approvals cover N110 billion for the Ogbomoso-Oko-Illupu Road spanning Oyo and Osun states, N104 billion for the rehabilitation of sections of the Ilorin-Omorin-Ebe-Kabba-Obajana Road in Kwara and Kogi states, and N98 billion for the 30-kilometre Idi-Araba-Ayede-Olodo Road in Oyo State.

Umahi said the council also approved several other rehabilitation and construction projects, including roads in Plateau, Benue, Cross River, Adamawa, Taraba, Ekiti, Ondo, Kogi, Lagos and Yobe states, as well as new flyovers in Kwara and along the Trans-Sahara Road.

The minister further announced that the Federal Executive Council approved the full business case for the operation and maintenance concession of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

He added that reconstruction of failed sections of the expressway around the Ibadan axis would commence using concrete pavement.

Umahi also revealed that the first 118-kilometre section of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Highway, valued at N137 billion, has been completed, describing it as another milestone in the administration’s road infrastructure programme.